What I am Reading: November Books

Dear Readers, Since I have moved home one of my goals was to read more. However, over the last five weeks I have been so busy with Phd, funding, and job applications I have yet to succeed. I have only managed to read half a book... and a few journal articles for my Phd applications! I…

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The London Adventure

Dear Readers, As I am sure a lot of you are aware that I was just living in London for the past six weeks. I was so fortunate to have a work placement at the Victoria & Albert Museum of five weeks, and I got to come to London a week early to spend time…

Kensington Palace

Dear Readers, While my Mom & Chele were visiting in London, one day when my friend Tess was with us we went to Kensington Palace and Hyde Park, which I actually revisited again today! Kensington Palace is located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. We took the tube to Hyde Park…

The Best Day of my Life: The Harry Potter Studio Tour

Dear Readers, Back when my Mom & Chele were visiting (I still have a few posts to catch up on) we took a bus tour TO THE HARRY POTTER STUDIOS!!! The Harry Potter Studios are located in Leavesden Hertfordshire about an hour drive from central London. At this location the majority of the scenes from…

Travel: Rochester & Canterbury

Dear Readers, Well, I have been so fortunate on all the adventures I have been on this past year, and all the travelling I have done in the past couple of years, but one thing I have learned is there is nothing like visiting a place with people who actually live there. Going around a…

A Happy Easter from Hampton Court Palace

Dear Readers, I hope everyone has enjoyed their Easter long weekend. I was lucky to have the Easter bunny leave treats for me a week early, coincidentally the same time my Mother was visiting in London! For Easter this year I was lucky enough to spend it with a cousin of mine, Courtney, who is…

High Tea at the Ritz

Dear Readers, So last week I was lucky enough to a) move down to London for the next six weeks and b) MY MOM, CHELE, RASMUS & TESS were all in London with me over the week!!! The first main event of the week was High Tea at the Ritz. We opted for the traditional…

Travel: Durham

Dear Readers, Two weeks ago, I decided to go on a day trip to visit my former classmate, Cole, from Acadia University at his new school, Durham University! The journey to Durham by train from Glasgow takes a little under three hours each way (so I was able to justify going in the middle of…

Manchester Part 2

Dear Readers, My apologies for the delay in posts in the last month, I have been so busy with school work, the new job I started at Gap in Glasgow, a few adventures I have gone on, and a few visitors that I have been lucky enough to have over the past few weeks. I…

Manchester Part 1

Dear Readers, So I am spending this week away from Scotland, and adventuring down to England! I have a five-day study trip to the city of Manchester for my Museum's in the Making course. We are spending the week visiting various museums and getting tours from different curators, which is my favourite part of my…